US History Unit 1 Test Review

During the Westward Expansion, the ________________ were most negatively affected by the addition of new territories to the United States.

• Prospectors migrating west

• Recent immigrants

• Native Americans

• People living in big cities

The “Trail of Tears” was a direct result of _____________________.

• the Louisiana Purchase of 1803

• the Indian Removal Act of 1830

• the Emancipation Proclamation of 1862

• the Northwest Ordinance of 1787

What was The United States "Manifest Destiny"?

• America needed more slave states

• It was America's God given right to expand to the west and gain more land

• That it was our obvious fate to have a war with Mexico

• America needed less slavery

This piece of legislation (law) offered 160 acres of free land to any settler who agreed to farm the land.

• Ghost Dance Act

• Dawes Act

• Great Plains Act

• Homestead Act

Which of the following led to an increase in settlers moving to the West?

• Homestead Act

• Discovery of Gold

• The completion of the Transcontinental Railroad

• All of the above

What is the name given to the belief that the United States had the right and duty to expand across the North American continent?

• Louisiana Purchase

• Monroe Doctrine

• Great Awakening

• Manifest Destiny

Andrew Carnegie because incredibly wealthy because of his involvement in the…

• International Trade

• Railroad Industry

• Oil Industry

• Steel Industry

Vertical Mergers involves…

• Merging companies needed to produce final product

• Merging companies that produce similar products

• Working together with competitors to avoid monopolies

• None of these

Horizontal Integration involves…

• Merging companies needed to produce final product

• Merging companies that produce similar products

• Working together with competitors to avoid monopolies

• None of these

Social Darwinism argues that…

• People are poor because they do not want to work hard

• People are rich because they are smart and hard working

• People are rich because of luck

• Both A and B